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by Elleth
Sun Jan 07, 2024 1:39 am
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Hi everybody!
Replies: 15
Views: 1847

Re: Hi everybody!

Welcome! You've done some really impressive work!

I seem to recall once upon a time there was a very impressive group doing Elvish impressions in France - any chance they're still going, and if so are you involved with them?
by Elleth
Sun Jan 07, 2024 1:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Discovery of Glacier Bay by John Muir
Replies: 4
Views: 474

Re: Discovery of Glacier Bay by John Muir

Interesting! I'm gonna bet the cedar matting he describes is woven bark, something like these: Alaska+Native+cedar+bark+hat+ermine+abalone+Wrangell.jpeg https://www.cherylstradingpost.com/native-art/cedar-bark-weaving/ https://www.alaskafloatsmyboat.com/beachcombing/2013/5/11/alaska-ma/ I can't say ...
by Elleth
Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: General Forum Stuff
Topic: Anyone else been locked out for the last few days?
Replies: 2
Views: 1456

Re: Anyone else been locked out for the last few days?

Yes, it was downstream of turning off the spamhaus plugin. We got hit with a crippling amount of bot traffic and burned through the quota in a couple hours.Thankfully it happened at the end of the year!

I assume since we're back up Jack has reenabled the plugin.
by Elleth
Tue Dec 26, 2023 9:13 pm
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: Updated arrow vendors?
Replies: 18
Views: 1773

Re: Updated arrow vendors?

Hunh. That shouldn't affect domestic fowl though. I had a ton of Toulouse feathers from our last geese flock at one point, and they looked lovely for fletching. Made nice quills, too. :mrgreen:
by Elleth
Mon Dec 25, 2023 4:26 pm
Forum: The Prancing Pony
Topic: A Very Happy Birthday to Cimrandir
Replies: 10
Views: 2220

Re: A Very Happy Birthday to Cimrandir

Wow, you're a Christmas baby?

Happy happy birthday!!!
by Elleth
Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:06 pm
Forum: The Prancing Pony
Topic: Happy birthday Straelbora
Replies: 5
Views: 1388

Re: Happy birthday Straelbora

Happy birthday!!
by Elleth
Sun Dec 17, 2023 1:06 am
Forum: Dwarven Culture
Topic: Design for Dwarf Seax
Replies: 8
Views: 4572

Re: Design for Dwarf Seax

That looks like it's going to be exquisite! Are you doing the inlay as well?

(For what it's worth, I don't think the 45 degree offset would be boring at all)
by Elleth
Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: Soft Kit
Topic: Grommets leathercraft snapsack
Replies: 2
Views: 4231

Re: Grommets leathercraft snapsack

Cool! I like the direction you guys went with that, it looks awesome!
by Elleth
Sun Nov 12, 2023 5:38 pm
Forum: WoodCraft
Topic: Anyone cook a goose over their fire?
Replies: 6
Views: 9862

Re: Anyone cook a goose over their fire?

Thanks all! It went well enough - I roasted it first with skewers over the flames, then let it slow cook in a dutch oven with some onions and butter. The bird really was too old at slaughter though, and while decent enough wasn't the magic the birds of the previous year had been. Well, lesson learne...
by Elleth
Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:01 pm
Forum: Crafts & Skills
Topic: Pemmican - Food for thought
Replies: 4
Views: 6964

Re: Pemmican - Food for thought

I've tried it with less than great success - the taste was something like tallow candles. Maybe I got the ratios wrong, but I really wasn't a fan. I suppose it's rather quick and easy to prepare compared to other preservation methods, and unlike jerky lets you keep the fat - so as a way to quickly m...
by Elleth
Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:39 pm
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: Minyacálë - Numenorean Eket (Process Thread)
Replies: 14
Views: 9346

Re: Minyacálë - Numenorean Eket (Process Thread)

Those are EXTRAORDINARY!!! What beautiful work! In the first image I love the adaptation of the Numenorian flower-wheel in the second, and especially the use of the same motif in the "arc" of the hilt in the third. (It's faint in the picture, but that's the very best place for the motif I ...
by Elleth
Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:27 pm
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: gambeson / jacks and water?
Replies: 10
Views: 7310

Re: gambeson / jacks and water?

That does look awesome!

Out of curiosity, how many layers/what material? Do all linen ones wear differently from linen and wool, I wonder?
by Elleth
Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:48 pm
Forum: Middle-earth Reenactment Society
Topic: "Unpacked" Video Series
Replies: 56
Views: 75691

Re: "Unpacked" Video Series

That is just so cool. Well done Udwin!!
by Elleth
Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:37 pm
Forum: WoodCraft
Topic: Anyone cook a goose over their fire?
Replies: 6
Views: 9862

Anyone cook a goose over their fire?

It might be time for some variety this year. :mrgreen: .We've got a couple extra geese in the freezer, and I'm cooking out on a campfire for some folks in a couple nights. I'm thinking of pulling out a goose, letting it thaw, then either roasting on a spit, sticking it in a dutch oven, or setting it...
by Elleth
Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:15 pm
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: gambeson / jacks and water?
Replies: 10
Views: 7310

gambeson / jacks and water?

I just finished a walnut dye session, and it got me wondering - padded linen/wool armor has a lot of layers... and that much cloth can soak up a just ridiculously heavy amount of water. So for those of you who wear things these as part of your kit... does weather present a problem for you? Do you wa...